1 Thessalonians 2:13

The Thessalonians' Response To Paul's Message

¹² so that you would walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. ¹³ For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe. ¹⁴ For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews,

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Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Galatians 4:14

and that which was a trial to you in my bodily condition you did not despise or loathe, but you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.

Acts 17:11

Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

1 Thessalonians 1:2-3

We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers;

Jeremiah 23:28-29

The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw have in common with grain?” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 44:16

“As for the message that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!

Matthew 10:13-14

If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace.

Matthew 10:20

For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

Matthew 10:40

“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

Luke 5:1

Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;

Luke 8:11

“Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.

Luke 8:21

But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”

Luke 11:28

But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”

John 15:3

You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

John 17:17

Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

John 17:19

For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

Acts 2:41

So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.

Acts 8:14

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,

Acts 10:33

So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”

Acts 13:44-46

The next Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of the Lord.

Acts 13:48

When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

Acts 16:14

A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

Acts 16:30-34

and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Acts 17:18-20

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would this idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

Acts 17:32

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but others said, “We shall hear you again concerning this.”

Romans 1:8-9

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.

Romans 6:17-18

But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,

2 Corinthians 3:18

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

Colossians 1:6

which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth;

1 Thessalonians 1:5-10

for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

James 1:18

In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

1 Peter 1:23

for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 Peter 1:25

But the word of the Lord endures forever.”
And this is the word which was preached to you.

1 Peter 2:2

like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,

2 Peter 1:16-21

For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

2 Peter 3:2

that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.

1 John 3:3

And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

1 John 5:4-5

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.